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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Section 1: "The Possibility of Evil".

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When Miss Strangeworth looks out the window after the story ends, what will she see?
(a) That the front of her house has been vandalized.
(b) That her roses have been destroyed.
(c) That the police are waiting to arrest her.
(d) That her neighbors are waiting to get answers from her.

2. What is the best definition of "proverbial" in the sentence "Miss Strangeworth's hats were proverbial in the town" (426)?
(a) As well-known and widely understood as something from a proverb.
(b) As old-fashioned as something from a proverb.
(c) As inflexible and unchanging as something from a proverb.
(d) As clear and easy to understand as something from a proverb.

3. What do the people in town decide is wrong with Linda Stewart after they realize that she has not had a fight with her boyfriend?
(a) They think that she may be experimenting with alcohol.
(b) They think that she is having trouble in school.
(c) They think that she must have argued with her best friend.
(d) They think that there must be some problem at home.

4. Helen Crane looks at her baby with "rapt wonder" (421). How is she looking at the baby?
(a) With a startled, questioning look.
(b) With all of her attention on something amazing.
(c) With a focused suspicion.
(d) With a puzzled, pinched look.

5. What does Miss Strangeworth tell Helen Crane about her worries?
(a) She should talk with her baby's doctor.
(b) All babies develop differently.
(c) She should talk with her husband.
(d) They are just another example of the anxieties Helen has always had.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who was the first owner of the grocery store?

2. What is the purpose of including the details about how many people Miss Strangeworth talks to on her trip to the grocery store?

3. What is the longest time that Miss Strangeworth has been away from her town?

4. Why does Miss Strangeworth fail to notice the important detail about her letters?

5. According to a town legend, what was Strangeworth House once mistaken for?

(see the answer key)

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